I used to tag and band my calves as soon as I found them. Alot of times this was at night after I had got
home from work. Twice I had calves take off running as soon as I turned them loose, they ran right past their
mothers and slam off my place. Luckily both times it was during daylight and i was able to follow them on the truck
and keep sight of them. One fell in a ditch and got tangled in some vines. The other ran up between 2 rows of
hay bales in the neighbors hay field and got trapped. After the second time I stopped because if this would have
happened at night, chances are I would never see the calf again. This year all of my calves were born within
40 days so when the youngest was about 90 days old I caught and worked the whole bunch. Took me and my
uncle about 3 hours. Turns out that this is what is easiest for me, but the more cows you have the harder it is
to match cows and calves up to tag them right.
home from work. Twice I had calves take off running as soon as I turned them loose, they ran right past their
mothers and slam off my place. Luckily both times it was during daylight and i was able to follow them on the truck
and keep sight of them. One fell in a ditch and got tangled in some vines. The other ran up between 2 rows of
hay bales in the neighbors hay field and got trapped. After the second time I stopped because if this would have
happened at night, chances are I would never see the calf again. This year all of my calves were born within
40 days so when the youngest was about 90 days old I caught and worked the whole bunch. Took me and my
uncle about 3 hours. Turns out that this is what is easiest for me, but the more cows you have the harder it is
to match cows and calves up to tag them right.
